Details GB v China FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Thursday 6th February, 11:00 (GMT) tip Alexsander Nikolic Hall Intro GB face China tomorrow morning in the first game of the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. The game is the first of three in the group, with three of the four teams booking their …
‘Optimistic’ Cheridene Green says Great Britain are determined to take the shot at Olympic qualification they have earned. GB face China, Korea and Spain on February 6, 7 and 9 respectively in Belgrade, Serbia with a place at the 2020 Games at stake as the top three in the group go forward to Toyko. The …
Great Britain newcomer Kristine Anigwe says it is a ‘dream come true’ to join Chema Buceta’s squad for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Serbia. And GB are just as delighted at securing a WNBA player who tore up the scoring and rebounding record books in a highly impressive Pac12 career with the University of California’s …
Janice Monakana says Great Britain’s ‘family spirit’ can keep their positive run going as they look to secure a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. GB flew to Belgrade this week for an Olympic Qualifying Tournament at which they will face China, Korea and Spain with the top three going through to the Games. And …
FIBA have moved Great Britain’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament from Foshan, China to Belgrade in Serbia because of the coronavirus outbreak. The disease, which has centred on the Chinese city of Wuhan, has killed 81 people, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. The national new year holiday has been extended by three days to Sunday, in an …
The National Basketball Heritage Centre (NBHC) will be hosting a pop-up exhibition titled ‘Basketball Heritage and Nostalgia’ in conjunction with the Worcester Wolves vs Newcastle Eagles BBL fixture on Friday, January 31. The exhibition will be held in the Joel Richards Conference suite in University Arena and will be open prior to tip off from …
Veteran Chantelle Handy is determined to protect the legacy she has helped create with Great Britain basketball as the team prepares to head to China to battle for Olympic qualification. And she is desperate for the younger players on coach Chema Buceta’s team to experience what she did at the 2012 Games. Handy, 32, is …
WITH time ticking down to February’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the stage will soon be set for Great Britain to once again show the world that they’re a team who shouldn’t be underestimated. More than a few countries discovered that at their peril during EuroBasket 2019, and veteran guard Rachael Vanderwal feels that GB’s settled nature …
As Great Britain sit within touching distance of a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, now is the time for coach Buceta’s side to embrace what got them this far. For guard Eilidh Simpson, that means sticking to what they know. “To pull off another success, we just need to play the GB way. That’s …
The Great Britain Men’s and Women’s team have had some great highs over the last decade. And they go into the new one with lots to aim for in their respective EuroBasket campaigns and the women’s February bid to qualify for the Toyko 2020 Olympics Games. But for now we look back. For a bit …
Hannah Shaw believes there is more to come from her bullish Great Britain Women team-mates, saying: “I don’t think we are done yet.” Coach Chema Buceta’s side went beyond expectations to finish fourth at summer’s Women’s EuroBasket. That performance – the best-ever by a senior male or female GB team – earned them a place …
UK Sport have confirmed that it will invest up to £325,000 to support the GB women’s basketball team in their ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification campaign. Following their run to the semi-finals of the EuroBasket tournament in July the squad will now travel to China in February for an Olympic qualification tournament where they will …
